3/18/2022

Unisono by Paraadiso

Paraadiso is a duo composed of visualist Seven Orbits and producer TSVI, and their release on the Shanghai based label, SVBKVLT, is a challenging piece of gooey, squelchy, and intense ritual music. Paraadiso is not only a group, but also an audiovisual experience; in their own words Unisono is:

"Inspired by Italian folk music, noise, ancient choral acoustic compositions, rituals and their functions, the album focuses on conveying a sense similar to those felt in ancient gatherings and ceremonies where the collective physical experience meant heightened stimulation at both the individual level and collective level."

(Photos Via: alt-o.com/Unisono) Eudaimonia describes a sense of human flourishing or happiness. Like other experimental subliminal installations from Iglooghost or the Atlanta Digital Arts Festival, Paraadiso focuses on collective Eudaimonia: unity with not only other humans, but of GAIA itself. The name is symbolic of not only unity of people, but in music theory terms, a unison chord is multiple octaves stacked on top of each other to make harmony. Their project can be understood as a kind of cybernetik ritual, combining ancient rhythms and synthetic sound design. The harmony of mankind's creation of digital technology and ecology are themes in Unisono.